Discovery Updates

Merry Christmas Discovery!It's amazing to think that we've now been here for 6 months. We continue to be so grateful for all of you and for warmly welcoming us into the Discovery family. We look forward to all God has in store for us in the upcoming year.Next month I will outline for us some of the key developments that lie ahead in 2019, but to help us end 2018 well I wan...

Hello Friends! As we move forward together one of our goals is to create more and more alignment around three critical environments: GatheringsGroupsGenerosity I use the word environment very intentionally. According to Webster, an environment is the "surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates." Rather than building programs, we are...

Welcome to Fall in Davis. This is a season of new beginnings for us and we anticipate God doing some great things in the coming months.I want us to look back, though, for a moment. Earlier in the summer I wrote to you about our hopes for two new additions to our team, and God has provided them! We are so stoked to welcome Claire Hoffart and Amanda Hovanian.Claire is now ou...

Dear Church Family,It is with tremendous thanksgiving and joy that we write to inform you of the hiring of Discovery Christian Church's new Senior Pastor, StephenBoutry. Steve and his family met many of you during their recent visit, and the hiring team received nothing but high praise and enthusiastic support. Steve graduated from the University of the Pacific in 2002 w...

Dear Church Family,We invite you to read below to learn more about our Pastoral Candidate, Stephen Boutry, and his wife, Amy. Steve and his family will be visiting Discovery April 18th 22nd. During his visit he will have a formal interview, meet with staff and elders, visit several Discovery Groups, sit in on meetings with the teaching team and women's leaders, explore Dav...

March 20, 2018Dear Church Family,We are writing to share some exciting updates in the church and also to express a huge thank you to both the search committee and the hiring committee.The search committee (Kayla Koenigshof, Vlad Diaz-Ochoa, Cavin Miller, Yuan Cheng, Robert Boulware and Rebecca Egli) reviewed over 100 applications for the senior pastor position. Through a t...

Discovery Christian Church is currently hiring for two positions. Please find links to the job postings below. LEAD PASTOR KIDS MINISTRY COORDINATOR ...

Dear Church Family,We are writing to inform you about two important changes to our eldership and to provide you with an update regarding our search for a lead pastor. First, we are very excited to formally announce that Scott Palmer has joined our elder team, and we are truly grateful for the Lord's faithful provision of gifted leaders for His church. Please join us in con...

Here in Discovery, our church is comprised of people from a variety of church backgrounds. As a result, questions about the meaning and manner of Baptism are common. We believe that Baptism is a beautiful symbol of our new life in Christ, and we seek God's Word on how and when we should be baptized. Our belief in the Bible's authority for our lives and our uncompromising c...

Dear Discovery, Before you go any further in this email we encourage you to stop and take a quick second to say "Thank you God!" We do this because God, our good Father, has, is, and will always take excellent care of us. We most recently experienced Him doing so just a few weeks ago as we celebrated the 100th birthday of the City of Davis on the 4th of July. If you didn...